Chapter 424 Battle the Western Front! (5)
Northeast of Lance, Bazangkur.
The strong wind rustled the woods, and the unpleasant smell of millions of poisonous gas bombs floated in the jungle. Ouyang Nan was wearing a thick gas mask, and the sky above his head was dark and could not see the starlight. Only the continuous sounds and explosions of cannons in the distance can tell everyone that he is already in the depths of the most terrifying battlefield in the world.
From the Gui Army to the Hunter, and from the Hunter to the Deputy Company Commander of the First Field Division of the National Wehrmacht, 47 accurate snipers were killed, and 23 times could not count the results. As a veteran who was only 23 years old but had been a soldier for six years, he handed over a satisfactory test paper. Unfortunately, he practiced his hunting skills but ignored cultural learning, which led to failed the promotion assessment. It was precisely because of this that even though Qiu Wenbin, who knew that he was in Lance, was afraid of being scolded, and he was preparing to return to China to apply for the Baoding Army Non-commissioned Officer School after returning to China to apply for the Baoding Army Non-commissioned Officer School.
The obedient in front stopped, Ouyang Nan clenched his fists and signaled everyone to stop and quickly move forward. When he approached, he found that it was a destroyed air force Haidongqing combat/reconnaissance aircraft. The wings and vertical tail were completely broken during the fall, and the dense bullet holes on the body showed how fierce the strangling was! The four national flag logos on the nose told everyone that this was a pilot who almost became a trump card, but now he was lying in the cabin covered in blood, and his feet were cut off by the cabin wooden board when they hit the ground, but he might not survive even if he didn't cut it off.
Ouyang Nan asked everyone to carefully carry the pilot out of the cabin and take off the identity plate on their necks. The reconnaissance company could not bring the body back to the army. Even they themselves detoured hundreds of kilometers from the Lorraine Mountains before reaching here, so everyone could only bury the pilot in this woods that could not be named. The small grave and the wreckage of the plane were his tombstones. The scouts said goodbye to the body and continued to advance. Along the way, they saw many wreckage of aircraft in Britain, France, Germany and other countries, indicating that a very tragic air battle had been held over the woods. Searching the cabin was a necessary task for the scouts. Useful maps and spoils were taken away, while others were left in place to wait for cleaning after the war.
As they were about to get out of the woods, Ouyang Nan and his comrades untied the water bottle and moistened their throats. No one dared to finish drinking it at once, because the German army recently destroyed the water source in the controlled area and many places were poisoned. They saw with their own eyes that more than a dozen French refugees were eventually killed by drinking toxic well water.
After checking the equipment again, the reconnaissance company spread out in platoons to the area where they were scheduled to investigate. Ouyang Nan and the third platoon were working together to investigate a valley southeast of Bazangkur. This is the junction of the 1st and 3rd terrain, and the open terrain is not a strategic location. However, because it is the junction of the junction, the headquarters needs information here. The night color has become the best cover for the scouts. Ouyang Nan pressed the butt tightly against the shoulder socket, and his right eye was always on the scope to advance. This is his habit. Although his vision will be much narrower, if he has a comrade-in-arms around him, he can kill the opponent as soon as possible if he finds a threat.
The small town next to the valley is as quiet as if it is dead, and 20 kilometers away from the battlefield does not bring peace to it. On the contrary, a large number of barbed wire and trenches are deployed outside the town. The reconnaissance company chooses to penetrate from north to south. The benefits of this can avoid the main front of the south that the enemy is most concerned about, and the disadvantages are that it takes a long time to walk and consumes a lot of physical strength when it is extremely tight.
The comrades cut the wires with pliers, and then crawled along the gap opened. When a reinforcement bunker that was bright and transformed with buildings appeared, Ouyang Nan quickly found cover and aimed at the door. The assault squad, who was specifically responsible for grabbing his tongue, rushed up like a spirit cat. "Dong..." As the wooden door was kicked open, several commandos rushed in. The three German soldiers stationed inside were knocked out by the butt when they opened their sleepy eyes.
"Why are there only three people?" Ouyang Nan immediately noticed something was wrong after entering the bunker. Logically speaking, such a bunker requires at least one heavy machine gun platoon to guard it. Even if it is far away from the front line, there should be an infantry squad. After all, this is the junction of the two troops. In the war, such junction often becomes the focus of the enemy's assault, so why are there only three people? "Wake up and find the translator!" The scout quickly brought an overseas Chinese who knew German into the bunker, probably for the first time to take on this guidance task. The guy's feet were still trembling slightly.
The soldier opened the kettle and poured the remaining cold water on an officer's head. The sergeant suddenly opened his eyes, but he was covered when he was about to shout. Senhan's dagger made him shut his mouth obediently. He looked at these yellow-skinned and dark-eyed soldiers in his eyes. The translator finally calmed down his emotions and communicated with him. After a moment, the guy explained the whole situation. It turned out that due to the continuous assault of the French army, the German Third Army was also uncomfortable, and Rudendolf could not
The 17th Hessen Preparatory Division, which includes the First Group Army stationed here, was not pulled up to assist in defense. Since Rudendorf was in the rear, he was confident that the French army would not be able to break through the defense line, he only left one regiment to guard this open area after the troops were drawn away. Of course, Rudendorf, as a master of tactics, would never allow such a large gap to exist for a long time. In case he had drawn two divisions from Cambre after the British army was defeated, he was expected to arrive in two days.
This is important news!
But the question is how to send it out? There is a war in the south, and no matter how capable the reconnaissance company has, it is impossible to pass through the nearly one million confrontational army. The only way is to use radio, but the radio station they carried was broken on the road, so one German radio station must be seized first. The German army in the town has a radio station, but there is about one company in the entire town, so if you want to seize the radio station, you must first kill this company!
"Let him mark the radio and defense positions! Tell him that cooperation can follow the Hague agreement... return home alive."
Facing the dagger swaying in Ouyang Nan's hand, the officer was also very nervous. After three years of war, both soldiers and grassroots officers were actually tired of it, and no one knew whether they could go back alive. So when he heard that he could guarantee the prisoners of war in accordance with the Hague agreement, the guy simply said the position of other troops. But after he breathed a sigh of relief, Ouyang Nan's dagger cut his throat hard.
"You..." The blood that was so fierce that the translator looked like a dirt, but the scouts around seemed to have not seen it. Ouyang Nan even rubbed his sword as if he had done something very relaxed, and said lightly: "We have few people, so it is impossible to take the prisoners safely!" After saying that, he immediately arranged someone to notify the brothers to come, and began to deploy the offensive mission according to the defense sketch drawn by the German officer.
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"Zi'an..."
In the headquarters of the Lance Expeditionary Force, Cai E pushed open the door and saw Yue Peng moving a chair in front of the map. He stared with his arms crossed his eyes. The cigarette between his fingers had already been extinguished. He didn't even pay attention when he walked in. After entering, he said again: "Zi'an, Wang Zhengting has sent a telegram."
After Hu Weide returned to China and became Vice Premier, Wang Zhengting became the new ambassador to France, and also shouldered the important task of coordinating the Republic of China and the Allied countries. Therefore, every time the telegram was sent, he asked about morale and military supplies. Yue Peng thought it was the same this time, and waved his hand indifferently: "Tell him that there are still too few 12.7 mm bullets, and he is trying to get some trucks and shells. By the way, gasoline is not enough."
His self-talk made Cai E laugh and shook the telegram in front of him: "Don't think about the truck, this time we have caused a big disaster for the Commander-in-Chief! Mangran exposed the fact that you refused to send troops to Suisson. Nivele and the French government are now putting pressure on the domestic government to remove you from office and investigate, and strictly order us to send troops to support within 5 days! Wang Zhengting meant that even if you send a few divisions to deal with it."
"Doesn't deal with it! Let Li Zongren reply to Mangran, I won't give him a single soldier!" Yue Peng angrily pinched the telegram into a ball. Can Suvasson go to the quagmire? Mangran and Nivele are completely crazy! For the sake of the stars on their shoulders, they completely ignore the lives and deaths of soldiers. If they weren't afraid that the number of casualties would seriously affect the morale of the front line, he would have thought of letting the reporters come and take a look.
Cai E was also full of bitterness. He knew very well how heavy the burden on Yue Peng's shoulders were. There were 22 divisions, and the last three would arrive in August. A total of 25 divisions had more than 500,000 soldiers who went a little by little, would suffer tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of casualties. As long as the generals with a sense of responsibility were reluctant to fill the troops into the quagmire of Ziegfe! But the problem is that if there was no action, there would be a crisis in Sino-France and Sino-British relations that had just been improved, and even Yang Qiu's diplomatic victory in Russia would be cast in shadow. So he advised: "It's not possible not to fight. I think it's better to use the Avila Mountain west of Prolong as a breakthrough point, and follow the Moronvilier gap opened by the Fourth French Army to the northeast and then move directly to the Ena River."
Although Yue Peng was angry, he had not yet ignored the overall situation. It was not difficult to break through Mount Vera, what should I do after reaching the Aene River? When the Fourth French Army was beaten and afraid of being unable to cooperate, once the assault troops and follow-up troops were cut off, he would have to face the strangulation of a whole German elite army! But he could also feel how reluctant Cai E was when he said these things, but without a clear breakthrough and opening his target... This is probably the only choice!
"I'll call and ask everyone to come for a meeting." Cai E patted his shoulder and sighed and walked out. As soon as he reached the door, he almost ran into Bai Chongxi, who was on the Western Front for internship: "Chief of Staff, 201st Division (consisting of the 1st Brigade and two reserve brigades, and the 1st Division Reconnaissance Battalion was incorporated).... Telegram from the Reconnaissance Company."
Cai E, who was sighing just now, suddenly jumped up after receiving the telegram: "Quick! Call all officers above the regiment! I don't care where they are. I must arrive at the headquarters within an hour!"
Shortly after the officer who was on standby arrived from all directions, Yue Peng's powerful voice sounded in the combat room: "Contact the heavy artillery troops of the Fourth Army of France to assist. Give up the average artillery tactics, all target the German defense line on the west side of Avila Mountain, with a width of 2 kilometers. Give up layer-by-layer suppression, and the heavy artillery directly targets the second defense line! All light artillery undertakes the tactical cover of the front line Xu Jin. After completing the task, the heavy artillery expands to the two wings of the breakthrough point to block its reinforcements!
The air force is responsible for the mission of sky reconnaissance and closure.
The 88th Armored Brigade (Xue Yue) was incorporated into the breakthrough cluster. After completing the breakthrough, the rush to Moronville, do not fight along the way and act like a straightforward approach. Arrive in parallel along the Aine River and turn westward! The second cluster of five infantry divisions attacked Bazangkur to the southwest, blocking the connection between the two German armies! The main force, the third cluster, attacked the first army of Reneeverd in a straight line! The Secretariat, sent a telegram to the French command center...”
.(To be continued.
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